ALS : to Moody Kent, Esq., 1836 Feb. 27.

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ALS : to Moody Kent, Esq., 1836 Feb. 27.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41596440

1 item (2 p. in folder); 25 x 30 cm. 1 portrait and 1 signature.

Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square

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SNAC Resource ID: 7438952

Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square

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Kent, Moody, 1779-1866

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Moody Kent was born at Kent's Island, Massachusetts, on April 22, 1779, the son of Joseph Kent and Jane Moody. He had multiple siblings, including Amos (1774-1824), Paul, Jane, and Sarah. After studying at the Dumner Academy in Newbury, Massachusetts, he attended Harvard University, graduating in 1801. Kent entered the legal profession, and he was admitted to the New Hampshire bar in 1804. He practiced law in Deerfield, New Hampshire (1804-1809) and Concord, New Hampshire (1809-1832) until his r...

Shaw, Lemuel, 1781-1861

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Chief justice of Massachusetts, 1830-1860. His daughter Elizabeth married the author Herman Melville. From the description of ALS : Boston, to Joseph B. Felt, 1834 Oct. 14. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122475395 Shaw was chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1830-1860). Webster and Parkman were on the faculty of Harvard Medical School at the time of Parkman's murder. From the description of Sentence of John W. Webster...